Districts are weighing whether to participate in the state’s pooled testing program for COVID-19, which allows for the easing of physical distancing, and some are scaling back or eliminating remote options.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republicans aim to revive Fauci attacks after email trove released
The White House is clearly standing with the doctor, despite the onslaught of criticism.
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Posted inMaine
Maine CDC reports another low daily caseload, one death
The 98 new cases of COVID-19 mark the seventh time in the past eight days that the number of infections has been less than 100.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: What does resilience sound like? Come and hear it.
Undeterred by COVID, mosquitoes, rain and cold, the singers of Women in Harmony persist in gathering safely. Now they’re planning a concert June 19.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
Most California workers to stay masked under revised rules
Employees will soon be able to skip masks in the workplace, but only if every employee in the room is fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Maine, Schools and Education
Hallowell-area school district approves plan for in-person learning, five days a week
Thanks to portables and moving students around, all students in Regional School Unit 2 will be able to return to school in person full time, officials said.
Posted inNation & World, News
Bonjour! France welcoming back (vaccinated) tourists
The government says it is removing the need for coronavirus tests for vaccinated Europeans, and is allowing vaccinated tourists from most of the rest of the world if they have a negative test.
Posted inNation & World
Alarm in Africa: Virus surges, vaccines grind to ‘near halt’
South Africa alone saw a more than 60% rise in new cases last week as the country with the highest coronavirus caseload on the continent faced delays in its effort to roll out the single-dose J&J vaccine.
Posted inMaine, Morning Sentinel, Schools and Education
Unity College reopening its main campus in August, will offer residential option
The college was fully remote during the 2020-21 academic year and isn’t planning to sell its campus after announcing plans to explore that option.
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U.S. will swiftly increase global vaccine sharing, Biden says
The initial allotment of 25 million doses announced by the president marks a substantial boost to the lagging COVAX effort, which to date has shared just 76 million doses with needy countries.